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Meta agrees to pay up to $17.1bn to settle claims its platforms harm children (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 2 months ago by Codpiece@feddit.uk to c/technology@lemmy.world

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https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/26/meta-kids-safety-features-settlement-01050418

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[–] thejml@sh.itjust.works 33 points 2 months ago (1 child)

Cost of doing business... if they aren't going to own up and make changes to prevent it in the future, what's the point?

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[–] Codpiece@feddit.uk [S] 13 points 2 months ago

Yeah, paying to make their problem go away rather than going to the end of trial and getting a bigger fine and more pesky regulation.

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